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Composer of the Week; Leonard Bernstein

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

(1918-90)
In 1953, Bernstein declared that the Broadway show was "what I feel I write best, what I ought to do and what I most enjoy". This week, from
New York, Bernstein biographer Humphrey Burton introduces highlights from Bernstein's music for Broadway. Today's programme includes excerpts from the Jerome Robbins ballet Fancy Free (1944), the musical On the Town (1944), and JM Barrie's play Peter Pan (1950), for which Bernstein wrote the songs. Contributors include Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Bernstein's collaborators and lifelong friends. Producer Fiona Shelmerdine
Repeated next Monday 11.30pm

Contributors

Introduces:
Humphrey Burton
Unknown:
Jerome Robbins
Unknown:
Peter Pan
Unknown:
Betty Comden
Producer:
Fiona Shelmerdine
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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